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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,094 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 105

Sale of Wool. Record at Invercargill. Advance in Prices. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

The Invercargill wool sales were delayed owing to the attitude of buyers, who requested of the brokers that time for payment should be extended beyond…

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The Wheat Crop. Sixty-two Million Bushels Record For Stale

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The Government Statistician has prepared a further estimate of the yield of this season's wheat crop. It is a magnificent…

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Wheat Estimate, 1915-16

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The compilation of the returns of the estimated wheat harvest in this State is advanced sufficiently to admit of the publication of the following…

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Dunedin Wool Sales Postponed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

The Dunedin wool sales have been postponed indefinitely, owing to the uncertainty of provision for shipping space. It is possible that a similar…

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The Wheat Crop. Harvesting Operations Hampered. Labor Shortage and Railway Difficulties. Father and Daughter Take Off 200 Acres

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The gathering of the fine harvest in the Riverina is being carried out with difficulty owing to the shortage of labor…

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Wool Travelling Discontinued. John Bridge and Company Limited. Avoiding Useless Expenditure

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

There appears to-day an important announcement by John Bridge and Co.. Ltd. who have foreseen that the ever-increasing taxation. and…

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Wool Travelling Discontinued. John Bridge and Co. Ltd. Avoiding U-eless Expenditure

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

There appears to-day an important announcement by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., who have foreseen that the ever increasing taxation, and cost of…

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Charges for Wool-selling. Shall.they Be Increased? John, Bridge and Co.say "No."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

OUR renders will notice in our business columns a very important manifesto over the name of John Bridge and Co., Ltd. This is of…

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Drought Affects Crop. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

The drought is reported to have had a disastrous effect on the sugar-cane crop in the Bundaberg (Qld.) district…

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Serious Bush Fire. Started by Phosphorus. Holbrook Menaced. Crops, Grass and Stock Burnt. One Arrest Reported

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

A disastrous bush fire, which appears to have been the result of a treacherous attempt to lay waste the whole countryside, broke out on…

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Guaranteed Wheat

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 2

Writing to their local agents re Guaranbee Wheat, Messrs Jas Bell & Co. state:—"The wheat goes into the ordinary stack ordinary dockets are issued, and when the…

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Butter. Local Consumer. Customs Protective Measure. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Customs is of opinion that there is no justification for the rise of [?]. per lb. in the price of butter owing to any immediate prospect of a…

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Wool Travelling Discontinued. John Bridge & Co. Limited Avoiding Useless Expenditure

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 2

There appear to-day an important announcement by John Bridge Co. Ltd, who have forseen that the ever-inrcreasing taxation and cost…

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State Share-farms. Royal Commission Appointed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Lands has decided to convert the committee recently appointed to inquire into primary industries, with particular reference to…

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Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd., Melbourne, report:—The second series opened in Melbourne on Monday, after an…

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The Wheat Crop. Fixing the Standard. Wagga District Grain Light

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 4

The associated wheat buyers of Wagga, not including the Murrumbidgee Milling Co., early this week sent a sample of wheat, taken from 70…

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Sheep and Lamb Sales. "John Bridge" Record Average of 19/9

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. stale that there has lately been decided activity in the market for store sheep, the recent rains probably being the reason. The…

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Sheep and Lamb Sales. "John Bridge" Record. Average of 19/9

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 3

John Bridge and Co state that there has lately been decided activity in the market for store sheep, the recent fine rains probably being the reason. The…

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Sheep and Lamb Sales "John Bridge" Record. Average of 19s 9d

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 5

John Bridge and Co. state that there has lately been decided activity in the market for store skeep, the recent fine rains…

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Ships for Wool Carriage. Shortage Stops Sales. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 4

A shortage in the shipping tonnage has necessitated an indefinite postponement of all wool sales in New Zealand…

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